Extension device for collars



July 13, 1937. M. GOLDSCHM IDT 2,086,907

EXTENSION DEvICE FOR COLLARS Filed June 29, 1954 FIGJ.

, 29 INVENTOR 25 MAX 60LF5GM/D7' ATTORNEY E Patented July 13, 1937'aosaaov PATENT OFFICE EXTENSION-DEVICE FOR COLLARS Max Goldschmidt,Mciningen, Germany Application June 29, 1934, Serial No. 732,987

. In Germany October 25, 1933 4 Claims.

sold in half sizes and thus are frequently not a perfect fit for themajority of wearers. Moreover, suchcollars shrink in. washing andeventually become too tight.

The principal object of this invention. is an adjustable and extensibleconnection for the ends of a collar so that it may be fastened about theneck Off the wearer with the requisite snugnesst Accordingly, one sideof the collar is providedwith an elongated tab or strap upon which maybe adjustably and, preferably, removably, positioned one of a pair ofcooperative fastening devices, such as a male snap fastener, the otherdevice of the pair being fixedly positioned on a tab or on the freeendof the neck band of the collar.

Another object of the invention is an extensible fastening device of thecharacter described which shall conform to the neck of the wearer. Inaccordance with this aspect of the invention the strap or tabs arecurved, preferably on an arc commensurate with the curvature of the edgeof the collar. r

The invention also seeks adjustable carrying ..devices for thecooperative fastening member.

To this end, a slide may be provided formed with spaced slots throughwhich the strap passes. In'

another of its aspects, the cooperative fastening member may be carriedwith .a spring clip or clamp through which the strap may pass and beclamped thereby. I

An attractive feature of the invention resides in the provision ofornamentation masking the character of the fastening device. A pearlbutton or simulation thereof, may be carried outwardly of the slide orclip to simulate the usual shirt button. 1

For convenience in manipulation, the strap may be slotted at one 'or aplurality'of points, through any one of which slots the snap fastenermember or button may pass or be accessible. e

These and other objects of the invention and the means for theirattainment will be more ap parent from the following detaileddescription,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating variousembodiments by which the invention may be realized and in which;

Fig. 1 is a view, in perspective, showing a collar,

to which the invention is applied.

Fig. 2 is a View,'looking from the front and showing a slide to which a;button isaffixed.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the rear side of the slide of Fig. 2.

, Fig. 4 is a view showing the slide looking from the above and Fig. 5is a view showing a modified form of slide.

Fig. 6 is a front view of the slide of Fig. 5.

The collar 7 may be of any desired kind or shape, having the neckband 8.To one end of the neckband, preferably that corresponding to the sideof; the shirt opening in which the button hole is made, is a tab H]which mayin fact be an extension of the neckband. To this is attached,on the outer side, one of a pair of cooperative fastening devices, suchas the male member 12 of a. snap fastening device.

At the other end of the collar or neckband thereof is formed or attacheda strap or elongated tab, i l, of any lengthand suitable width desiredupon which is adjustably carrieda slide, It, which, in Fig. 1, is shapedto represent a buckle. That is, it may be formed withsp-aced slots, ll,through which the strap passes, suitable provision being made forholding the strap within the slots, H, as by roughening, not shown, onopposed edges thereof. On the rear of the slide I6, is carried thecompanion fastening device, illustrated as the female member, 19, of thesnap fastener.

It is preferred that the strap, l4, and/or the tab l9, be curved tocorrespond with the curvature of the edge of the collar, that is, theedges, 2!], of the strap: be curved, on a curvature commensurate withthe curvature of the edge 2|, whereby the collar more nearly fits theneck of the wearer. .It is desirable that the strap be so shaped and/ orpositioned with respect to the neckband that the point of fasteningshall hold the overlapping neckband portions, in the front, in place.

Figs. 2 thru 5 illustrate slides masked by an ordinary pearl button, 26.This, broadly, may be any sort of ornamental device or simulationthereof. in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the slide, 23, is provided with slots, 2d,so that the strap, l4, passes from the outside thru one slot, 24, behindthe slide and passes again to the outside of the slide through the otherslot, 24. In this instance, the 45 strap, M, may be formed with one or aplurality of slots 25 (Fig, 3) wherebythe snap fastener member, it, maybe exposed, as by projecting therethru. Obviously, the strap may passfrom the rear, across the front, as in Fig. 1, the button, 50

26, then passing thru the slit, 25, or a button hole,

section or reversely bent of resilient metal. The snap fastening memberH3, or other fastening means, may be carried on one leg 28, while thestrap conveniently passes between the other free leg 29 and themid-portion 3|] by which it is firmly but removably clamped. If desired,a button, 26, or other ornamentation may be carried on the outer face ofthe reversely bent spring clamp, 283il.

If desired, the face of member 29 may be colored, as may also the slidesillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, as by an enamel, in any color desired.Such color may be the same as or diiferent from that of the strap [4,which, of course, is preferably of the same material and color as theshirt.

The use and adjustment of the adjustable fastening device of thisinvention will be apparent from the foregoing description. Suffice it tosay that the slide I8, 23 or 2830 may be moved along the strap to thedesired position and the fastening device thereon engaged with thecompanion fastening device carried with the other end of the neckbanduntil the collar is properly adjusted to the neck.

If desired, a loop, 3|, may be placed on the free end of the neckbandproper, thru which the end of the strap-like portion, it, may pass whenthe collar is Worn open at the neck.

Various modifications will occur to those skilled in the art in thecomposition, configuration and disposition of the component elementsgoing to make up the invention as a whole and no limitation is intendedby the phraseology of the foregoing description or illustrations in theaccompanying drawing except as indicated in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a collar, in combination, a flexible fabric strap with arcuateedges carried with one end of the collar neck band, a cooperativefastening member carried with the other end of the collar neck band, acompanion fastening member and means to adjustably and removably securethe last named fastening member to the strap, said strap being curved ina vertical plane on a radius commensurate with the curvature in avertical plane of the neck band of the collar whereby the point offastening holds the overlapping neckband portion in place.

2. In a collar, in combination, a strap carried with one end of thecollar, a cooperative fastening member carried with the other end of thecollar, a slide having spaced portions between which the strap passes,said strap overlying a rearwardly disposed central face of the slide, acompanion fastening member carried on a rearwardly disposed face of theslide, a forwardly disposed portion having the representation of abutton or like ornamental means depicted thereon to mask the forwardlydisposed portion of the slide.

3. In a collar, in combination, an inelastic strap one end of which issecured to one end of the collar, a cooperative fastening member carriedwith the other end of the collar, a slide comprising a reversely bentspring clamp through one fold of which the strap passes, and a companionfastening member carried with the rear side of the slide for engagementwith the first named fastening means.

4. In a collar, in combination, a strap carried with one end of thecollar, a cooperative fastening member carried with the other end of thecollar, a slide formed with slots defining a cross-bar therebetweenthrough which slots the strap passes behind the cross-bar and acompanion fastening member carried with the cross-bar of the slide, saidstrap being slotted and the fastening member on the slide normallypassing through the slot.

MAX GOLDSCHMIDT.

